Foreign failures haunt McLeish

After the disastrous signings of Capucho, Emerson and Ostenstad, the pressure is on the Rangers boss to get it right next time. By Mark Palmer

THEY won??t go down as the Rangers signings of their time, but they do represent a sign of the times at Ibrox. Nuno Capucho, Emerson, and Egil Ostenstad only set foot in Scotland seven months ago, yet their decline, like that of the club itself, has been drastically swift. So much so that Alex Mcleish has opted to break off relations with the trio he took a fancy to last summer, deciding it was a romance doomed to failure once the initial flame petered out.

??The logic was there in their acquisitions,?? the Rangers manager attempts to convince. ??They??re all experienced players, but not every transfer can be 100% bullet proof, even multi-million pound players. Maybe it??s highlighted by the goldfish bowl in Glasgow, and the need there is for success. I??m disappointed that these guys won??t feature in my future plans, but I won??t criticise the players in terms